There's also desert filed land and soil pollution near the river.

河流附近也有沙漠和土壤污染。

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Bill Gates had a plan to build a new smart city in the middle of the Arizona Desert, and he bought 25,000 acres of land near Phoenix two years ago.

比尔·盖茨曾计划在亚利桑那州沙漠中部建造一座新的智慧城市，两年前他在凤凰城附近购买了25000英亩的土地。

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Fossil hunters first glimpsed the new species in 1992 when a tooth belonging to Ardipithecus was spotted among pebbles in the desert near Aramis.

化石猎人首次得以瞥见这个新物种是在1992年，当时他们在阿拉米斯村附近沙漠的砾石中发现了一颗属于阿迪猿系猿人的牙齿。

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Some stories end tragically. More than 200 suspected border crossers died last year in the desert near Tucson.

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Abshir Ahmed,52, has lived all his life along a stretch of the desert near the town of Docol, Scratching the bone-dry earth with his bare,calloused feet, Ahmed says the devastation that he and others are experiencing now is worse than anything they have ever been through before.

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The Arabian oryx prefers dry, near-desert conditions and can survive without water for long periods.

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Three of the 29 militants who overran the facility near the desert town of In Amenas were taken alive.

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Investigators found more than 100 farm animals and 200 dogs on his grounds in the high desert near Los Angeles.

NPR: Calif. Man Accused of Hoarding Hundreds of Animals